Who does NOT get teachers end of term gifts?

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My DH always says it's pathetic buying gifts for teachers. I've done it every July and Christmas for both my kids for the past 5 years. Often buying for the teacher and 3-4 teaching assistants.

He said he never did this and only the suck up kids do it.

I just thought it was what you do.

I'm a teacher and my son is in a private nursery so 5 staff. I'm getting his key worker and the manager a bottle of wine each and making fancy cupcakes for everyone!

I have 4 support staff at the minute so doubt Well get much but a card is always well received! Got a beautiful home-made one today! Biscuits are lovely too! M

I've bought books for my 24 pupils as they're a lovely class! Going to miss them lots!

I never have. 3 children , youngest is now 8. The oldest 2 boys were never fussed, youngest DD sometimes makes a card herself for her teacher but I am not involved. My gift to the teachers is providing disciplined , well behaved children

I always did in primary school, but not now in secondary because there are lots of teachers.

Nope. Never have, never will. I think it's a bit fake and embarrassing. They are paid well to do a good job, they don't need tonns of presents. I tend to think parents do it to get well in with the teacher. It possibly works, but it shouldn't.

All teachers go above and beyond...even if it's just buying stuff for the classroom for the kids to use. The teacher I'm working with has spent about 500 quid on stuff this year.
They/we mop up tears, listen to worries, deliver first aid....the linen shirt iwore today is splashed with a child's blood. I have bought birthday cakes and cards for children, I have provided fancy dress costumes for kids who don't have them.
They worry about your children.

Yes it is a job but it's so much more. That's why I always gave a card /small gift for teachers and TAs.

I'm a teacher.
I'd be absolutely mortified if a parent spent lots of money on me. I've had some beautiful cards from Yr 11 leavers this year and they mean more than any gift.
My kids are in primary; I'm buying some biscuits and coffee etc at the start of the new term for the staffroom. They get overrun with chocolate and wine.

@Bigearringsbigsmile....I tend to think that's what they sign up to do.

I never bought a present as such but I once got collered by a parent who was stood at the door with a collecting tin collecting for the teachers end of year present from the class rather than 30 random presents
She asked for some money (we lived in a very posh area and I was a skint single mum) so I donated a fiver (which I couldn’t really afford but teacher was amazing)

She sniffed ‘is that all your giving?’

I never bothered again-and she just avoided me for the rest of our time at that school

I’m a teacher and when my Dd is old enough to start school, I’ll definitely buy a small gift and card at Christmas and summer. I’ve appreciated every single effort over the years and have been lucky enough to receive some lovely, handmade cards and beautiful gifts-don’t underestimate the impact it has, it used to mean the world to me!

I don't, never have, never will.

Not when i was in school inthe 80s-so you buy two presents a year

My boys are too small at the moment but I will do. I'm a teacher and I've kept most presents (or eaten them!). I always appreciate them but don't expect them. In a class of 30, I tend to receive 12-15 gifts and a voucher that the parents have clubbed together. It is a wealthy school. One July I did have 30 gifts at the end of the year! They were a very challenging class and I had put my heart and soul into them. The parents were so lovely 😊I got lots of lovely plants, wine and chocolates.

I have done in the past. I've bought pretty mugs with different teas, a bottle of vodka ha, flowers

But I don't now unless the teacher has gone out of their way. At Christmas we made the teachers bath bombs and I received a thank you letter and that's the first time that's ever happened

I don't get presents for doing my job and before anyone says; yes it is stressful, the hours are horrific, I take my home work with me often and it gives me nightmare. It is ME who needs 30 bottles of wine!

No tabbymumz...they sign up to teach

I do. My oldest had a wonderful teacher this year who went above and beyond so I think a nice card and a bottle of wine isn't much to let her know that we appreciated her effort.
An earlier poster said that teachers are paid - yes they are but I don't think they are paid to clean up vomit, organise a change of clothes when there has been an accident, wait late with children whose parents are late, go on school tours outside school hours.
My child spends a large part of the week with their teacher so for me it is important to thank them.

• work home with me even

I've never binned anything...I have 20 best teacher mugs, key rings, fridge magnets..I might open a stall one year selling it off to the parents on the last day of term (I live next to a school)

This was not a thing when I was at school, not at all. I would’ve actually found it embarrassing taking a gift in- it would have been a ‘teacher’s pet’ thing to do.

Now I feel completely obliged to do it every year. No idea why, it’s not as if the teachers have ever asked! It’s just the done thing and I’d feel rude not partaking, how very British of me...

I’ve only ever find it if the DC have asked me to, DD asked twice in 7 years and DS once and he’s just leaving Y5.
Don’t judge anyone else who does though

We will be making cookies for the teachers, I've bought some rice paper that my dds can write and draw on to stick on top. Some people go mad tho, a trainee teacher left a few weeks ago and people were taking in flowers - I hadn't even realised she'd been there at all!

I give them wine. It's what teachers want after 10 months of teaching 30 kids.

I do, my kids teachers go over and above for my kids and In like to show my appreciation so pick something out each year that I think they'd like. They are all in their 20's so I don't bother with mugs etc but get them something like a benefit or
Clinique set with a gift voucher so they can return if they don't like. I view it in the same way as I do for tipping hairdressers and eait staff even though I know they are just doing their job.
I give gifts to postman and bus driver too though so maybe I'm the odd one..

My form made a card for me this year, which I'll keep with the other cards I've received from students. I think I love the cards/notes the best, although any gift is always appreciated.

For my own dc, we did a class collection (wine and vouchers) for the teachers in primary school, and I sent a small jar of homemade jam in too. For the senior school, teachers generally don't receive anything ime.

I only like teachers gifts if they have come from the kids. The notes, the nicked second hand crap from home that they want to give you.
Parents give wine or flowers and I’m grateful but the the job is how the kids rate you.

@Bigearringsbigsmile...you seriously don't think they don't know what they are getting in to? Kids come with all those upsets, accidents, worries that you mention. If they do sign up to teach alone, and think all that other doesn't exist, then I'm worried about the training and experience they receive.